People-First Product Leadership

MARCH 24, 2024

His people-first leadership approach lives on through his son who recognized his father’s skills and ability to lead by example. There was the CTO who recommended I take his job to align product, design, and engineering more closely. Instead it’s their grit and positive character that stands out.

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Lenny Rachitsky

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

He began his career in engineering at Apple, where he helped build key features that remain in iOS today. Tom was previously the VP of Product at Snap and the chief technology officer of Pandora.

CTO 52

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Product Management University

DECEMBER 2, 2022

If your product requires integration on any level, your customer’s software engineers will be responsible for installing and deploying the product for the end user. Executive Leadership (The Ultimate Buyer). Executive leadership buyer personas need to know your product can impact the organization’s overall strategic goals.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 21, 2023

The explanation from software leadership is often unsatisfying or unclear. Do your own review first so you can be confident and better positioned. But at a minimum, any good review should include: Straightforward Analysis : A straightforward report that grades aspects of your technology, processes, and team. Are you ready?

Technical Review 104

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The Basics of Product Management

JUNE 14, 2020

Not every company has the position of a Chief Product Officer (CPO). In some companies, product management roles up to the CTO (Chief Technology Officer). In some other companies, product management (along with project management), roles up to the CIO (Chief Information Officer).

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Amplitude

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Eric Wang, a recently hired software engineer on our product engineering team, shares what it’s like to onboard with Amplitude’s engineering department. I’m a software engineer on the product engineering team. Even though Amplitude is growing, their onboarding is still done by the leadership team.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 27, 2022

While the movement has helped spark awareness over the stubborn gender gap in the tech industry, helping to drive more diverse hiring initiatives across all businesses and encouraging women to succeed in STEM fields, women still hold an astonishingly low percentage of tech roles according to recent data – 16% in engineering, 27% in computing.

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Usersnap

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Create your vision and positioning 4. The disruptive growth approach focuses on gaining market leadership with a lower-cost product, which will help capture new customers. The main goal of a disruptive SaaS growth strategy is to give your company fast market leadership and the competitive edge. Make sense of your data 2.

Feedback Software 52

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Mixpanel

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

As a Product Lead, I continuously emphasize to our broader team the importance of defining personas so that we’re clear about who we’re targeting when shaping our product or positioning. A customer success lead looked into the PM persona, a PM looked into a data engineer persona, and so forth. Here are a few ways we do it.

User Testing 52

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 6, 2023

Did you identify bugs and coordinate with engineering, etc? Do we need to escalate any critical issues to company leadership? I have an Engeenering degree and have been in the Israeli tech scene for the past fifteen years, from a research and development leader, to a co-founder and CTO, to product leader.

Research Software 135

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Modus Create

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

And InVision’s The New Design Frontier report on design maturity found that organizations with high-performing, mature design teams “are more likely to see cost savings, revenue gains, productivity gains, speed to market, and brand and market position improvements through their design efforts.” Get Involved with Research.

User Testing 106

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

As an undergraduate at UPenn, I was originally planning to move into software engineering on graduation. Many top employers are looking for computer science or engineering graduates to fill PM positions, and this is an excellent route into the role. First off, product management is very communication and leadership oriented.

Technical Advisors 98

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Modus Create

MARCH 3, 2020

Antonio Piraino, CTO at Sciencelogic. Bobby Tahir, CTO at Hobsons. The most productive engineering teams talk amongst themselves constantly. Bringing engineers closer to the customer gives a broader perspective on the work and makes sure that everyone on the team is building the right thing. Customer service.

Technical Review 52

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 11, 2021

Rahul Vohra, SuperHuman: The product market fit engine How to drive product strategy and growth by understanding who your most profitable customers are and what they value. April Dunford: Positioning for growth – How to make complex products obviously awesome Everyone thinks they know what positioning is.

CTO 52

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 18, 2022

Job Responsibilities and Duties First and foremost, the most entry-level product manager position, besides interns , are associate product managers. Stock options and signing bonuses are also available for some APM positions, but this depends on the organization. Although, some product management positions pay as low as $80,000/year.

Product Management 52

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Founded in 2006 by Brian Halligan , Chief Executive Officer, and Dharmesh Shah, Chief Technology Officer, Hubspot is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with offices and customers worldwide. They needed somebody who was in the building to work with the engineers and think about product management.”

Feedback Software 52

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. Ari Tiktin Mobile & Emerging Media Product Director, CNBC.

Research Software 148

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. Ari Tiktin Mobile & Emerging Media Product Director, CNBC.

Analytic Tools 142

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2019

That maps to titles like Director of Product Management, Group Product Manager, VP of Products, or Chief Product Officer. There may also be some designers or a few developers reporting into such roles, but I’m focused away from CTO and VP Engineering roles where the majority of staff are developers. . Sound Byte.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

You somehow have to bring together a rowdy bunch of tech professionals (data scientists, UX and UI designers , software engineers, etc) and make a valuable and functional product happen. You could be a lone PM in a tiny startup with no Product Management team, meaning that you only report to the CEO, or maybe a CTO.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

As an undergraduate at UPenn, I was originally planning to move into software engineering on graduation. Many top employers are looking for computer science or engineering graduates to fill PM positions, and this is an excellent route into the role. First off, product management is very communication and leadership oriented.

Technical Advisors 40

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. Jonathan Berg Director of Product Management, Schoology.

Analytic Tools 107

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. Ari Tiktin Mobile & Emerging Media Product Director, CNBC.

Analytic Tools 108

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BrainMates

JULY 3, 2018

We define Product Management as the engine of an organisation that creates value for customers. Sometimes, the CPO or VP of Product also plays the role of CTO, overseeing Engineering , in addition to product and design. This is often a mentorship position and the start of a product manager’s career.

Reporting Tools 70

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. Ari Tiktin Mobile & Emerging Media Product Director, CNBC.

Analytic Tools 96

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. Jonathan Berg Director of Product Management, Schoology.

Analytic Tools 90

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. Jonathan Berg Director of Product Management, Schoology.

Analytic Tools 60

Analytic Tools Research Software CTO Coach Fractional CTO 60

The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. Ari Tiktin Mobile & Emerging Media Product Director, CNBC.

Analytic Tools 60

Analytic Tools Research Software CTO Coach Fractional CTO 60

The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. Ari Tiktin Mobile & Emerging Media Product Director, CNBC.

Analytic Tools 60

Analytic Tools Research Software Customer Experience User Testing 60

The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. Ari Tiktin Mobile & Emerging Media Product Director, CNBC.

Analytic Tools 60

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

Many CEOs tell me that they (personally) are the best-informed people within their companies about what customers need , and they (personally) are best positioned to drive decisions on product priorities. A not-yet-generating-repeatable-revenue company of 6 people might have one architect/CTO, one designer, three other developers, and a CEO.

User Testing 97

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Usersnap

JANUARY 12, 2022

Ever wonder what a chief product officer is up to? Well, the CPO position has certainly grown and evolved over time. It’s the CPO’s job to make sure that impact is positive. A CPO must communicate with all stakeholders of a product, from engineering to the consumer. Leadership.

Research Software 52

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 9, 2020

Photo by Alvaro Reyes / Unsplash T - Technical: The position is unsurprisingly a technical one. P - Program: The position is centered on developing and executing technical business programs. For example, imagine that a CTO is looking to develop and bring to market a software product. So let's get to it.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 22, 2023

Traditionally, product managers have reported to either engineering or marketing leaders. Product management has always been a cross-functional discipline responsible for working with multiple groups including engineering, marketing, sales, and support. Consider it the price of leadership.

Data Visualization 73

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Business of Software Conference

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

15:53 James Avery, Kevel: Yeah, so we we’ve usually been about half and half when we look at like product engineering, and then sales, marketing operations. We’ve always tried to be pretty engineering and product heavy, just because we are, we’re, we’re built for developers and product managers. Salespeople.

Feedback Software 59

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Mind the Product

JULY 9, 2018

This is an entry-level position, for someone who is brand new to the role. The typical APM is a recent graduate and, as with most apprenticeships, the aim is to develop these candidates into full-time positions through a combination of training and hands-on involvement with real projects. Associate Product Manager.

Product Management 193

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Sales execs want more sales-y Heads of Product; development execs want more engineering-ish Heads of Product; marketing teams want a marketer in product clothing… no candidate passes muster with all groups. If you’re overseeing 52 developers and 4 product managers, your attention is mostly on engineering issues rather than product issues.

Reporting Tools 145

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